Valve-gear.



'F. W. OFELDT.

vALvE GEAR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. Il' |916.

Patented Ang. 28, 1917.

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Mayu# ATTORNEY F. W. OFELDT.

vALvE GEAR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. Il, 1916 1,238,560 Patented Aug. 28,1917

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APPLICATION FILED DEC- H. i916.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

ATTORNEY y Be it known that illustrated FRANK W. lOIIi'ELIDT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO O. & IB. COMPANY, 0F DBAVOSBUEG, PENNSYLVANIA, A. CORPORATIQN DELAWARE. y

VALVE-GEAR.

, l To all whom z't may concern.-

I, FRANK W. l

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' citizen of the United a resident of Jersey Git f, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve- (J `rear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in valve gear, the improved'valve gear herein p and described, being primarily intended for internal combustion engines, particularly internal. combustion engines of the four cycle type; although my invention is applicable also to valve gear for two-cycle engines, steam and compressedv air engines -4 and the like, compressors, pumps, and other opened and closed by the gyratory motion of and described machines in which valve gear of a nature analogous to valve gear of internal combustion engines, steam engines, compressors, pumps, etc., is employed.

In a prior patent application Serial No. 95,996 filed May 8, 1916, I have illustrated various valve gears, wherein the valve has what I termed a gyratory motion, e., a wabbling motion. In gen'i eral, in the valve gear illustrated in Amy said prior application, the valve has also, in addition to such wabbling motion, a rotary motion. In some cases the valve ports are thevalve, the accompanying rotary motion being incidental, and provided principally to avoid possible scoring of the bearing surfaces of the valve' and cylinder head., and to insure that the valve shall wear in during use, also to distribute lubricant over the bearing surfaces, also for other reasons; While in other cases the motion of the valve is rotary with incidental gyratory motion, the pury pose of the gyratory motion in such 'cases being much the same as above stated with reference to the rotary motion of other type of valve gear. In the various valve gears herein, shown and described, the valve is ofV `the secondtype above A say it is primarily a rotary valve, having in cidental gyratory motion. But while this essential to the valve actlon per se, it is, nevertheless, very important, not only in order that there s1` all be no scoring of the bearing surfaces of the valve and cylinder head, and that the valve shall mentioned; that is to States of America, an'd Wear in during use, but also that lubricant shall be distributed thoroughly between the bearing surfaces of. the valve and cylinder head, and also for other reasons. The valve gears herein illustrated and described involve improvements upon, and modifications of, certain of the valve gears illustrated and described in my said prior application.

My invention consists in a valve gear wherein a valve has a rotary motion, for

Patented Aug. 2S, 1917,. Application filed Deleembeir 11, 1916. Serial No. 136,157; 1

performing its valve functions, with incidental gyratory motion, for the purposes'above stated, `and other after; in the novel construction of the valve gear, and in other features hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The objects of -my invention are to improve and simplify valve gear, particularly, valve gear of internal combustion engines;

to provide a valve gear which shall close and open its port or ports positively, and shall be capable of so doing at very high engine speed, and which shall not require lifting from its seat during the performance of its valve functions, nor shall it be diiiicult of lubrication, or subject to material wear during long periods of use; to provide a valve and valve gear wherein port opening and port closure shall be rapid, withlarge port area open during the open period; to provide a valve gear which shall be absolutely silent in operation; to avoid material motion of the valve while exposed to great pressure; to provide valve operating'mechanism which shall move the valve smoothly; to provide for eflicient lubrication of the valve; to provide effective means for taking up wear, if any; to provide effective means for injection of fuel, such for example as fuel oil, into the eiigine cylinder, as a spray, or finely divided mist, and the ignition of the fuel so injected; and generally to provide a type of out the novel accompanying purposes explained herebustion engine cylinder provided with my improved valvegear, including means for the injection of fuel-through the valve into the engine cylinder.

Fig. 2 shows a partial top view and par.

' the exigirle.

Fig. 4 shows a central vertical section of the upper portionof an engine cylinder provided with a valvefgear of the general nature of that shown in Fig. 1, but differing therefrom somewhat -in details.

Fig. 5 shows a central vertical section of the upper portion of an engine cylinder havingI valve gear similar to that shown in Fig. 1, except that the valve stem is not provided with a sprayer, and except that the valve shaft is driven by worm gearing.

Referring first to Fig. 1, 1 designates an engine cylinder having a separable head 2 provided internally with a spherically curved surface 3 adapted to form a seat for the correspondingly spherically curved valve 4. The head 2 has in it a central opening 5 through whichthe stein G of the valve protrudes. The cylinder and cylinder head are shown as provided with the usual water jacket spaces 7 and 8, connected as shown. 1n the cylinder head admission and exhaust ports are provided, leading from the. exterior of the cylinder head to the valve seat 3. Owing to the plane of section on which Fig. 1 is taken but one of these ports (admission port 9) can be shown in that figure, and suoli portcan be shown only in dotted lines; but 1n Fig. 2 the exhaust port, 10, as well as the admission port, 9, is indicated; and as appears from that figure, these two ports are each distant about 450 (meas uring from then' centers) from the imaginary transverse plane passing through the axis of the cylinder 1; in other words, these' ports are set "quartering. The valve, 4,

has a port 11, adapted to register first with the exhaust port 10 and then with the inlet port 9, during rotation of the valve4.

The mechanism for rotating and gyrating the valve 4 is located in chambers 12 and 13 provided in the upper extension 15 of the cylinder head. Such mechanism comprises a spur gear 1G, driven as hereinafter described from the crank shaft of the engine,

-and keyed to a vertical shaft 17 (shown iu this instance as hollow) which shaftl has suitable bearings as hereinafter described, and is provided at its lower end with .a crank arm 18 carrying an internal bevel g'ear 19; a suitable ballu bearing structure 2O in tervening between the said crank 18 and the gear 19. The stem 6 of valve 4 is secured to the internal bevelgear 19 so as to in effect form a part thereof. j l

A bevel pinion 21 intermeshes with in ternal bevel gear 19, and is'carried by the plate 22 supported by the upper extension 15 of the cylinder head. It will be obvious that, owing to the bearing intervening between crank 18 and gear 19 carrying the valve stem 6 and the valve 4, rotation of the shaft 17 would, except for intermeshing gears 19 and 21, cause mere gyration of the valve 4; but owing to the intermeshing of gears 19 and 21, and to the fact that gear Q1 is stationary, rotation of the crank 18 will also cause rotation of gear 19 and valve 4; and since vthe ratio of gears`19 and' 21 is two to one, valve 4 will rotate at half the crank shaft speed in the engine, supposing gear 16 to be driven at crank shaft speed.

Plate 22 is normally stationary, being y locked in place by suitable means, as for example by one or more set screws 23; but this plate 22 is nevertheless rotatable, upon re lease by the set screw or screws 23, for the purpose of adjustment of position of the valve 4 with reference to the admission and exhaust ports in the cylinder head; for obviously, slight rotation of this plate 2:2 will shift the position of the valve 4 so as to` affect the timing of the valve. Ball bearings 24 and 25 are provided for valve gear shaft 17, in the top plate 2G and in plate 22. The top plate 2C rests upon the plate 22, and so upon the upper extension 15 lof the cylinder head, and said top plate is held in place, in

the constructionshown by screws 27. The

Atransmission of shocks to the mechanism for operating the valve, and also because the very slight play of the valve with respect to its seat, thus permitted, promotes the flow;

of lubricant between the bearing surfaces of the valve and its seat. I will explain herei inafter one means for supplying lubricant to these bearing surfaces.

ln the ease of an engine intended to operate upon .more or less heavy hydrocarbon oils:`as fuel, it is desirable that the fuel oilf be' sprayed into the engine cylinder. The

valve shaft 17 and valve ste'nrG constitute. i convenient means for location of a fuel Vsup-' ply duct and sprayer. As above stated, the

V.of the valve stem 6,` and provided at its lower end with a spraying device 33, which 'I have indicated in exterior view only, and

vwithout attempt to show its internal construction; various Oil spraying 'devices suitable for the purpose being well known. At its upper end fuel supply duet 30 passes through a stufng box 34 supported by a suitable stool 35 from the plate 26, and

Y above this stufling box 34 supporting nuts 36 are provided. In the valve stem 6 a packing recess 37 is provided, the duct .32 being movable longitudinally in such recess.

As will be seen, the construction -is such thatby drawing up the nuts 36, the packing in space 37 may be compressed and thus a tight joint around duct 32 maybe assured.

The stufling box 34 comprises an externally grooved washer 38 surrounding duct 30, suitable packing material being provided on both sides of this washer. groove of this washer communicates, through a bore 39, with a fuel supply pipe Y 40; and washer 3 8 has .in it a bore 4l connecting its exterior groove with the bore of fuel duct 30. It will be seen that liquid fuel supplied through pipe and duct 30--32 to sprayer 33, will be .sprayed into cylinder 1.l It may be assumed that liquid fuel is `supplied under pressure to pipe 40 by a pump, not shown, operating in synchronism with the engine, and timed so as to inject the fuel through duct 30"-32 into the engine cylinder at the precise time at which such injection should occur.

` Means for so injecting the fuel are well known; and sprayers which will spray the fuel so injected under pressure are also, well known.

In engines which operate by injection 0f fuel in the manner described, preignition is impossible, because during the suction stroke of the engineonly air is admitted/and during the compression stroke of the engine only air is compressed, no fuel being ,j admitted,

'and no combustion occurring, the 'efore, un-.

til injection of the fuel occurs as above described. While the air so admitted to the engine cylinder may be com pressed to so high a degree as to insure ignition of the injected fuel by reasonof the high temperature of the air due to its comj'iresslon, in general such high compression is not new thought desirable, and instead it is thought better to insure ignition of the injected'fuel by contact of the injected spray withz some incan;

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descent point or points within the 4combus`65 tion chamber. I have indicated the valve 4 as provided with a plurality of projec-` i lvided together with usual circuits and jump spark producing apparatus. But I have thought it better to provide instead a hot wire igniter 43 located Within suitable pocket or recess formed in the wall of the cylinder head, with which recess the port 11 of the valve will register from some time prior to some time after the proper period for injection of fuel. By means of this igniter 43 the fuel may be ignited during the i starting and heating up of the engine; such ignition being facilitated by the fact that the valve is then so tilted that the spray stream is directed obliquely toward the ignit'er; but if the vapor of the heavy oil upon which the engine is intended to operate nor mally, does not spread into the pocket of this hot wire igniter 43, sufliciently to insure ignition, the engine may be started on gasolene, the vapor of which will spread into such pocket; and then, after the engine becomes heated suiliciently, the heavier'fuel oil may be turned on in lieu of the gasolene.

The fuel supply duct 30 does not com the bore of shaft 17, for the flow of lubricant to lubricate the gear teeth of the gears 19 and 21 and to lubricate the ball bearing 20. A pipe 44 supplies lubricating oil to a cup 45 communicating, through a hole 46, with the annular lubricant space of shaft 17; the lubricant so su pplicd flow-ing down through that shaft intothe hollow center of the crank 13 and into the recess 45 provided at the top of valve stein (S, and thence flowling eentrifugally to the teeth of gcarsili) and -Qilyand ball bearing 20. T heoil will also reach duct 32 where `it passes through stuffing box 37. For the .supply of lubricant to the bcaringsurfaces of valve seat 3 and valve 4,` an oil supply pipe 46 is provided, which communicates through a duct 47, formed in the cylinder head, with the valve seat 3. Owing to the combined riitary and gyratory motion of this valve, and to its slight movement toward and from its sea-t, during the operation of the engine, above referred to, the lubricant will be distributed very thoroughly indeed over the hearing surfaces of valve and valve scat.

Itis Well known that a valve having a pure rotary motion tends to wear away from 'surface of this fuel duct 30, and the wall of its seat, and many wear unevenly, so that grinding in may be required from time to time, to insure proper seating. But a valve having a combined rotary and gyratory motion, tends to wear itself to its seat; the motion being precisely that which would be used to best advantage in grinding the valve. t0 its seat. The result is that in my improved valve gear herein described, regrinding of the valve will never be necessary in ordinary use, but to the contrary the `valve will tend to seat better and better as vfuse continues.

Referring to Figs. band 3. In Fig. 2, tluee cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine are indicated (one oi them being indicated .fragmentarily only) together with means for driving the valve gear of each cylinder. Tn Fig. 3, 48 designates the crank shaft of the engine, 49 a vertical shaft driven from the crank shaft by gears 50 and 5l, and 52 designates a spur gear on shaft 49 and meshing with the spur gear 16 of the proximate engine cylinder. The gears 16 of the severaly engine cylinders intermesh in series, forming a continuous gear train from the lirst cylinder to the last. Since the direction of rotation of the gears 16 of adjacent cylinderslwill be opposite, the direction-of rotation of the corresponding valves 4 of adjacent cylinders will be opposite, and hence the positions of the inlet and exhaust port 9 and 10 of each cylinder will be opposite that'of the inlet and exhaust ports of the adjacent cylinders; and the inlet manifolds and exhaust manifolds 54 will be correspondingly formed.

teferring now to Fig. 4. This figure shows a valve gear in general similar to that shown in Fig. l, in that the valve, here designated by numeral 4, is primarily a rotary valve, with incidental gyratory motion. But the mechanism for rotating and gyrating the valve is somewhat different from that shown in Fig. 1. The engine cylinder, cylinder head, and ports, are substantially the same as shown in Fig. 1. 16a designates 'a spur gear for communicating motion to the valve, said gear being driven by substantially the same means as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. This gear has ball bearings 25 and 242L and carries, by'imeans of a ball bearing 20, an internal bevel gear 19 meshing with a stationary pinion 21, mounted upon a shaft '17a' which is stationary except for purposes of adjustment, as explained hereafter, instead of being rotatable, as is the shaft 17 'of Fig-1. Gear 19u carries the stem 6 ofthe valve 4a. Screw nuts 28 and 29 are provided whereby the s haft 17 is supported and locked in position; and said shaft 17a supports, by means of the ball bearing 24,l the gear 16, and so supports, by means of a ball bearing 20, the gear 19a, and the valve stem 6 and valve 41.

:rotary and gyratory motion,

In this form4 lthe Valve 4 in Fig. 1, and the valve actionis the same. Each of these two forms of valve gear possesses certain advantages of its own,

shown in Fig. l being that the main bearoneV important advantage of the Valve gear ings, 24 and 25, are well removed from the heat of the engine cylinder.

In\.the arrangement shown inFig. 4, by releasing the nuts 28L and 29a,the shaft i7a may be turned as may be required for timing of the valve 4, after which, the nuts 2S and 29 being tightened again, the timing will remain fixed. An indicating pointer 55 may be` provided on shaft 17 1, such 8 pointer being arranged to coact with a suitable scale formed on the top of the cylinder head, whereby the timing of the valve may be indicated according to such scale.

"The valve gear shown in Fig. 5' is similar 9 to that shown in Fig. 1, except that'the main gear here designated by numeral 16", is a or screw gear, and is driven by a worm or screw 56 mounted on a shaft 57 which obviously will be parallel with the 9 crank shaft of the engine. Obviously, in a multicylinder engine provided with such valve gear, all of the gears 16 may be driven by appropriate worms 56 on this shaft 57, and according as the'pitch of. the 1 several worms 56 is in the same direction or in the opposite direction, alternately, a1- ternate valves 4 may be rotated inthe same direction, or in opposite directions, as may be desired. I l

Inasmuch as in my said prior application Serial N02 95,996, I have claimed broadly means for imparting a gyratory motion to a valve, also gyratory motion coupled with incidental rotary motion, such invention herein; but herein I have claimed means for imparting positive rotary motion to the valve, with incidental `rotary motion, together with features of construction and arrangement not claimed in my 1 said prior application.

"What I claim is:

1. The combination with an engine cylinder having one or more ports, of a valve for such port or ports adapted for a combined l and means for communicating a positive rotary motion to said valve coupled with a gyratory motion.

2. The combination with an engine cylinder having in 'its head a recess of curvilinear cross-section and haing a port or ports communicating with such recess, of a valve in such recessof a section correspondl have not claimed mg to the section of the recess, and adapted for both rotation and gyration in said recess, to eoact with such port or ports, and means for communicating to said valve a positive rotary motioncoupled with a gyratory motion. l v

3. The combination with an engine cylinder having admission and exhaust ports, of a valve for said ports itself having a port adapted to register with said admission and exhaust ports, and means for communicatl ing tosaid valve a positive rotary motion coupled with a gyratory motion. f

4. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat in which are one or more ports, of avalve adapted4 for both rotary and gyratory motion with respect to said seat and for coaction With said port or ports, and also lfor slight motion toward and from its seat, and means for communicating positive rotation to said valve coupled with gyratory-motion, said means arranged to permit slight motion of said valve toward` and from its seat.

` 5. In a four-cycle internal combustion engine the combination with an .engine cylinder having a valve seat in which are admission and exhaust ports, a piston, a connecting rod, crank shaft, and a valve adapted for both rotary and gyratory motion With respect to said seat and for coaction with said ports, of means for communicating positive rotary motion to said valve at half crank shaft speed and for causing said valve also to gyrate.

6. The combination with an engine cylinder having one or more ports, of a valve for such port or ports provided with an in'- jection device, and operating means for said valve adapted for imparting positive rotary motion thereto and comprising a duct leadingto said injection device.

7. The combination with an engine cylinder having one' or more ports, of a valve for such port or ports provided with an injection device, and operatingl means 'For said valve adapted for imparting gyratory motion thereto and comprising-'a duct leading to said injection device.

8. The combination With an engine cylinder having a valve seat in which are admission and ignition ports, of a valve for said ports arranged to open said admission and ignition ports in succession, and adapted for both rotation and gyration, and operating.

means for said valve arranged to impart thereto a combined rotary and gyratory movement. i

9. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat in which are admission and ignition ports, ofa valve for said orts arranged to open said admission and ignition ports in succession, and provided with an injection device, and operating means Afor said valve arrangedto im- -tory motion aid-to so part thereto a combined rotary and gyra-i position `thezvalve, when the ignition' port is open, that the' injeetion device is directed toward` the ignition port. l -1 7f 10. The-combination with an engine cylinder 4having a valve seat in which an ignition port,'of a valve for said port arl ranged to open and close said ignition port, and provided with an injection device, a-nd operating means for said valve including means for imparting a gyratory motion to the valve arranged to so position the valve, WXhen the ignition port is open, that the injection device is vdirected towardthe 4ignition ort. p l1. The combination with an engine cyl `indenhaving one 0r more ports, of a valve for such port or ports provided with a projecting stem Working through an opening '85 in the Wall of said cylinder, valve operating means arrangedto impart gyratory motion thereto, said valve stem provided With an such port or ports provided with a project-` ing stem `working through an opening in the wall of said cylinder, valve operating means arranged to impart rotary,v and gyratory motion thereto, said valve stem provided With an injection device and a supply duct therefor, and means for supplying fluid to said duct.

13. The combination with an engine ,cylinder having a valve seat and'one or more ports therein, and an opening for the passage of a valve'stem, of a valve cooperatively related to said seat and adapted for coaction with such port or ports and having a stem projectingr through said valve seat opening, said engine cylinder having beyond said valve stem opening a divided valve gear chamber, a valve gear shaft passinv through such chamber, means in'one sai part el said chamber for imparting rotary motion to said shaft, and means in the other said portion of such chamber for inA arting gyratory motion to said valve, such latter means being operated by said shaft.

14. The combination With an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, `and an opening for the passage of a valve stem, of a valve coperatively related to said seat and adapted for coaction with such port or ports and having a stem projecting through said valve seat opening, said engine cylinder having beyond said valve stem opening a divided ioo lvalve gear chamber, a valve gear shaft passmotion to said shaft and means in the other portion of such chamber for imparting a combined rotary and gyratory motion to said valve, such latter means being operated by said shaft. 4

15. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more port-s therein, a valve in coperative relation with 'such seat and ports, and means for communicating combined rotary and gyratory motion to said valve comprising a rotatable member having a rotary eccentric connection with said valve, whereby a gyratory motion is communicated to the valve, and two intermeshing gears, of ,different speed ratios, one connected with said valve and arranged to move with respect to the other gear, such other gear beine so held as to enforce rotation of such first mentioned gear during gyratio'n of the valve.

16. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, of a valve in coperative relation with such seat and port or ports, and operating means for saidvalve comprising a valve shaft provided with a crank, means for rotating said shaft, said shaft having a rotatable connection with the valve, whereby gyratory motion of said valve is enforced, and two intermeshing gears of different speed ratios, one carried by said valve and caused to gyrate therewithJ the other such gear being stationary, whereby as the valvegyrates it is also caused to rotate.

17. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, of 'a valve in coperative relation with such seat and port or ports and adapted for a combined rotary and gyratoi'y motion, said valve having a stein projecting through an opening in the valve seat, a rotary valve shaft provided with a crank, said shaft having a rotary bearing with respect to the valve, a bevel gear carried by said valve stem and another bevel gear intel-meshing with said first mentioned bevel gear, and normally held against rotation, whereby as gyratory motion of the valve is caused by said crank, the valve is also cause to rotate.

18. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, of a valve in cooperative rela tion with such seat and port or ports and adapted for a combined rotary and gyratory motion, said valve having a stem projecting through an opening in the valve seat, a rotary `valve shaft provided with a crank, said shaft having a rotary bearing with respect tothe valve, a bevel gear carried by said valve stem and another bevel gear internieshing with said first mentioned bevel gear, and normally held against rotation, whereby as gyratory motion of the valve is caused by said crank, the valve is also caused to rotate, said last mentioned gear being rotatable for timing the valve action.

19. rlhe combination with an engine cylin' der having a valve scat and one or more ports therein, of a valve in coperative relation with such seat and port or ports, and adapted for a combined rotary and gyratory motion, said valve having a stem projecting through an opening in said seat and lprovided with a central recess and with a bevel gear, a valve shaft provided with i crank located within the said central recess of said valve-stem, and having a rotarybearing connection with said valve stem, means for rotatinor said shaft, and a. normally fixed bevel gear intermeshing with the bevel gear carried by said valve stem, whereby as the valve gyrates it is `also causedto rotate. j

20. The combinat'on with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, of a valve in cooperative relation with such seat and port or ports, and adapted for a combined rotary and gy atory motion, said valve having a stem projecting through an opening ,in said seat and provided with a central recess and with a bevel gear, a valve shaft provided with a. crank located within the said central recess of said valve stem, and having a rotary-bearing connection with said valve stem affording support for said valve, means for rotating said shaft, and a normally fixed bevel gear internicshing with the bevel gear carried by said valve stem, whereby as the valve gyrates it is also caused to rotate.

21. The combination with an engine cylinder having a valve seat and one or more ports therein, of' a valve in coperative' relation with suoli seat and port or ports, and adapted for a combined rotary and gyratory motion, said valve having a stem projecting through an opening in said seat and provided with a central recess and a bevel gear, a valve shaft provided with a crank located within said central recess of said valve stein, and having a ball-bearing connection with valve stem, whereby as the valve gyrates it is' also caused to rotate.

22., Thecombination with an engine cylinderhaving a` valve seat and one or more ports-thereinhof a valve seated on said valve seat and adapted for combined rotary and -gyratory motion, said valve provided with a stem having a central recess, and a rotary valve shaft provided with an eccentric located within the central recess of said valve stem and having a rotary-bearingconnec tion wih said ynlv stom, ntormshiug. ,spc .io:|tion in the presence of two subgears, one of whlch 1s mounted upon szud sul'lbing witnesses. vulve, Saud gears arranged to c'niorcc rotutlon 0i the valve as 1t gyl'utos, sand shnilv llml W (u hun" 5 Innung an mterlml lubrlcant duct uljrangod \\'iincssos:

to.supp1y lubricant to said beul-ing und gom-s. II. M. Ahnlum,

In testimony whereof I have signed this PAUL .11. Ummm-z. 

